ST. CROIX – Wayne Jeffers, 53, of St. Croix, was sentenced to greater than 5 years in jail after his conviction on fees associated to cocaine trafficking.
U.S. Lawyer Delia L. Smith confirmed that District Choose Wilma A. Lewis will impose a 64-month jail sentence on Jeffers. The sentence additionally consists of three years of supervised launch, 100 hours of neighborhood service, a $4,000 wonderful and a $200 particular evaluation. Jeffers confronted fees of conspiracy to own with intent to distribute cocaine and possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
Court docket data element that on Might 11, 2022, Jeffers, whereas serving as a Virgin Islands Port Authority Officer at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport, was concerned within the smuggling of 12 bricks of cocaine. The narcotics had been hidden in a suitcase that Jeffers positioned in a ladder truck on the airport ramp. Charles Rawlins, III, a co-defendant and former airport ramp agent, was then noticed eradicating the suitcase from the ladder truck and inserting it on a baggage cart destined for loading onto a Seaborne plane/ Silver simply arrived. On November 16, 2023, Rawlins acquired a 48-month jail sentence for his function within the conspiracy, together with comparable post-release circumstances, a $2,000 wonderful and a $200 particular evaluation.
The case was dropped at gentle by means of the collaborative efforts of Customs and Border Safety, Homeland Safety Investigations and the Drug Enforcement Administration. Assistant United States Lawyer Daniel H. Huston led the prosecution.
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